''Low Country Blues'' is the seventh studio album by
Gregg Allman
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Br ...
, and the last studio album to be released during his lifetime. It was produced by
T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in fil ...
, and was released through Rounder Records on January 18, 2011. The album reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 1 on the
Top Blues Albums
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charts, making it Allman's highest-charting album. It was nominated for a 2011
Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
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.Grammy Award Results for Gregg Allman https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/gregg-allman
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago ...
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...
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#"Please Accept My Love" (
B.B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shi ...
, Sam Ling) – 3:07
#"I Believe I'll Go Back Home" (Traditional, arranged by Gregg Allman and
T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in fil ...
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#"Tears, Tears, Tears" ( Amos Milburn) – 4:54
#"My Love Is Your Love" ( Samuel Maghett) – 4:14
#"Checking on My Baby" ( Otis Rush) – 4:06
#"Rolling Stone" (Traditional, arranged by Gregg Allman, T Bone Burnett and
Mac Rebennack
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Active as a session musician from t ...
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Personnel
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Gregg Allman
Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Br ...
Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II (born December 24, 1968) is an American guitarist, producer and songwriter best known for his work with Eric Clapton and Roger Waters. He is the son of the songwriter and drummer Doyle Bramhall.
Early life
Bramhall was born i ...
– guitar
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T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist and songwriter. He rose to fame as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. He has received multiple Grammy awards for his work in fil ...
– producer, guitar on 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11
*Hadley Hawkensmith – guitar on "Floating Bridge"
*Vincent Esquer – guitar on "Just Another Rider"
* Mike Compton – mandolin, background vocals on "I Believe I'll go Back Home"
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Colin Linden
Colin Kendall Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking. He frequently collaborates with ...
– dobro on "Devil Got My Woman", "Rolling Stone"
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Dennis Crouch
Dennis David Crouch (born April 30, 1975 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American patent attorney who worked for McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (MBHB) in Chicago, Illinois, until 2007.Dennis Crouch''Thank you MBHB, Hello Missouri! ...
–
double bass
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Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Active as a session musician from ...
– piano
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Jay Bellerose
Jay Bellerose is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists.
Biography
Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended ...
– drums, percussion
*Lester Lovitt – trumpet on "Blind Man"
*Daniel Fornero – trumpet on "Blind Man"
*Joseph Sublett –
tenor saxophone
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on 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
*Thomas Peterson – baritone saxophone on 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
*Jim Thompson – tenor saxophone on 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
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Darrell Leonard
Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles-based, trumpet player, composer and arranger.
He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973.
He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom ...
– horn arrangements on 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, bass trumpet on 6, 7, 9, 11 trumpet on 7, 9, 11
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Judith Hill
Judith Glory Hill is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She has provided backing vocals for such artists as Michael Jackson, Prince, and Josh Groban. In 2009, Hill was chosen as Jackson's duet partner for the song " I Just ...
– background vocals on "My Love Is Your Love"
*Alfie Silas-Durio – background vocals on "My Love Is Your Love"
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Tata Vega
Tata or TATA may refer to:
Places
* Jamshedpur, a city in Jharkhand, India also known as Tatanagar or Tata
* Tata, Hungary, a town in Hungary
* Tata Islands, a pair of small islands off the coast of New Zealand
* Tata, Morocco, a city in Tata ...
– background vocals on "My Love Is Your Love"
*Jean Witherspoon – background vocals on "My Love Is Your Love"
*Bill Maxwell – background vocals arrangements on "My Love Is Your Love"
Additional personnel
*Ivy Skoff – production coordination
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Gavin Lurssen
Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.mastering
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Mike Piersante
Mike Piersante is a recording engineer and mixer.
2009 Grammy Awards
Mike Piersante won two Grammy Awards in 2009 for his work as Engineer/Mixer. The first Grammy was for "Please Read the Letter" a duet track by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. ...
Danny Clinch
Danny Clinch (born 1964) is an American photographer and film director.
Biography
Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Clinch graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982. After attending Ocean County College, he attended the New England S ...
– photography
*Larissa Collins – art direction, design